Emily Dickinson's quotes

About Emily Dickinson

Dickinson, one of America’s greatest poets, transformed everyday emotions into timeless verses of hope, loss, and wonder. Her reclusive life gave rise to over 1,700 poems that continue to shape modern poetry.

Quotes (63)

God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the...

Emily Dickinson 16

Success

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

Emily Dickinson 17

Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.

Emily Dickinson 15

I have a brother and sister; my mother does not care for thought, and father, too busy with his briefs to notice what we do. He buys me many books,...

Emily Dickinson 14

I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the...

Emily Dickinson 16

I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don't doubt that I shall have perfect...

Emily Dickinson 18

Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song...

Emily Dickinson 14

After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.

Emily Dickinson 13

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